Social Media has created algorithms for filtering the streams of content people get to what they like, resulting in everyone mostly getting what they like to see with a dash of the old stress doctor's dose of daily horrors.
Time to get out of the Matrix of social media based mind control! Proposing a term for people who want to meet other people outside of their personal friend zone and feel xenophilia towards the different - xenonaut, a person who explores friendship with all sorts of different people.
Keeping such an acquaintance list varied and fun may be one of the pieces of the puzzle of the strange effect of social media causing teenage stress and adult depression. It could be a way out - off the controlled tramlines that emotionally engineer regular, predictable engagement from the users.
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